The Washington Post reported Wednesday night that federal immigration officials are preparing raids that would target the families and could begin as soon as January. A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed the plans.

(19.8.2015) “It may be safer [for them to stay], but that’s not the answer,” Clinton said then, adding that “they should be sent back.” Clinton also said the U.S. should do more to deal with the violence in Central America so that families won’t feel compelled to send their kids to the United States.

That was before Clinton had officially announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Washington Post reports the Obama administration is planning a nationwide series of raids to deport hundreds of individuals and families living in the country illegally, marking the first large-scale effort to evict some of the more than 100,000 families that surged across the border last year fleeing violence in Central America. The targets of the raids, the Post reports, would be adults and children that have already been before an immigration judge and already ordered to leave the country. The raids are still subject to Department of Homeland Security approval, but could begin as early as January.

(30.8.2015) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s call for the mass deportation of millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as well as their American-born children bears similarities to a large-scale removal that many Mexican-American families faced 85 years ago.

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In the course of armed conflict that restarted in the Kurdish region of Turkey after general elections in June 2015, 186 civilians most of which are women or children have died so far, hundreds of them were injured and thousands of people were arrested. Concerning co-mayors who are members of our union, 17 of them are now arrested while 25 of them were suspended from their duty and 6 of them were issued arrest warrants since July 2015. In order to end human rights violations in our region, there is an urgent need for revitalizing peace talks for resolution of Kurdish question in Turkey.

Since the August of this year, as a reaction to repressive policies of Turkish state that resurged, peoples assemblies in many Kurdish cities and towns voiced their demands for self-governance. These demands for self-governance, -aiming at achieving decentralized structural transformation against centralism- were responded by Turkish government with disproportionate state-led violence. In Kurdish cities where demands were self-governance raised, especially in Cizre, Sur, Silvan, Nusaybin, Dargecit, Silopi and Yüksekova, the Turkish government declared curfews which have continued for weeks during which civilians have been killed by Turkish security forces while mass migration of residents of cities under curfew continue.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused the head of Turkey‘s pro-Kurdish opposition party of treason on Thursday for using a trip to Moscow to condemn Ankara‘s shooting down of a Russian warplane over Syria.

U.S. military members have a message for a Muslim child terrified she’ll be deported: “I will protect you.”

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Eine Gruppe von elf Menschen – alle Muslime – das war offenbar zu viel für das US-Heimatschutzministerium. Die Familie Mahmood aus Großbritannien hatte lange gespart für die Reise – zusammen wollten sie Kalifornien besuchen.

(23.12.2015) – Melissa Chance Yassini posted how her eight-year-old daughter Sofia came crying to her after she saw a news report about Trump‘s anti-immigration rhetoric
– Convinced ‚someone with yellow hair named Trump‘ was going to kick her and her family out of the country, she became terrified, says her mom
– Yassini vented her frustration on her Facebook wall and soon her post went viral
– The post attracted the attention of mom and Army vet Kerri Peek from Colorado
– Peek asked fellow soldiers to offer their protection and support to Sofia
– Soon dozens of military members were posting messages of support with the hashtag #iwillprotectyou

(20.12.2015) Veterans and current service members are using social media to reassure Muslim Americans that they will fight for their rights as citizens.

On Facebook and Twitter, military service members and veterans have started using the hashtag #iwillprotectyou after one mother‘s post went viral about her daughter‘s fear of being kicked out of the country.

Der syrische Außenminister Walid Muallem sagte am Donnerstag nach Gesprächen mit seinem chinesischen Amtskollegen Wang Yi in Beijing, Syrien habe als UN-Mitglied die Pflicht, die UN-Resolution Nummer 2254 umzusetzen. Syrien bestehe darauf, dass die syrische Bevölkerung über die Zukunft ihres Landes entscheide. Sie dürfe nicht von außen diktiert werden, erklärte Muallem.

Beijing, SANA – Syria is ready to participate in the inter-Syrian dialogue to be held in Geneva without foreign interference, said Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Thursday.

He was speaking to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, as al-Moalelm is paying a visit to China that is expected to last until December 26.

Q: You announced yesterday that the Chinese side has invited the Syrian foreign minister to visit China as part of China‘s efforts to push forward the political settlement of the Syrian issue. Has the Chinese side discussed that with the US, Russia or other parties?

A: During Foreign Minister Wang Yi‘s attendance at the third foreign ministers‘ meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in New York, he had close communication with all relevant parties. The meeting is the embodiment of all parties‘ willingness to resolve the Syrian issue through political means. We stand ready to work side by side with all parties to forge ahead with the process, lift Syria out of the plight and bring happiness back to the Syrian people at an early date.

(22.12.2015) Haider al-Abadi noted that the Iraq-China traditional friendship has withstood the test of time. The Iraqi side is looking forward to boosting cooperation with China in energy, anti-terrorism and other areas as well as promoting exchanges between both legislative bodies.

Wang Chen attended the meeting.

Dschobar, ein Vorort von Damaskus, gilt als eines der Epizentren im syrischen Bürgerkrieg. Verschiedene Dschihadistenformationen wollen ihre dort errichteten Stellungen um jeden Preis halten. Einst dicht besiedelt, scheint mittlerweile jegliches Leben ausgemerzt zu sein. RT-Reporter Murat Gazdiew berichtet mit exklusiven Bildmaterial aus der syrischen Hauptstadt.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Qatar‘s Foreign Minister, Khaled al-Attiyah on Dec. 25, and the conflict in Syria will be high on their agenda, Russia‘s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Sources from the Turkish port of Iskenderun said the Danish ship with the patriot missile systems left Turkey on Tuesday. The ship is headed to Germany.

The German government has previously said that the mandate of the mission would end on January 2016.

The Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, according to U.S. and Arab officials.

Early on, the U.S. looked for cracks in the regime it could exploit to encourage a military coup, but found few.

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Die Administration von US-Präsident Barack Obama hat am Anfang des Syrien-Konfliktes nach Möglichkeiten gesucht, den Regimewechsel im Land zu bewirken, jedoch ist Washingtons Strategie gescheitert, schreibt „The Wall Street Journal“ unter Verweis auf frühere und aktuelle EU-Beamte.

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„#Iwillprotectyou with my last breath Sofia!“ wrote Brandon Sterne, a 22-year Navy veteran who served in Iraq.

Sterne told the AP Wednesday that he had seen in Iraq the importance of supporting people of all faiths and races.

He said he was particularly heartened by all of the posts from „my brothers and sisters in arms.“

„I would just tell her that hatred‘s not going to win, that it‘s OK,“ Sterne said. „There are good people in the world, and the good people will always protect her from the evil people.“

British Prime Minister David Cameron‘s office said on Wednesday it was looking into the case of a family of 11 British Muslims who were refused permission to board a flight from London to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland.

The family of two adults and nine children were told by a U.S. official that their right to travel had been revoked as they waited in the departure lounge of Gatwick airport last Tuesday.